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0.0. BUELDT.

BREAD vLABELINl-G DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.9, I94I7I.

'Patented J une 17,l 1919.

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O. C. BUELDT. BREAD LABEU'NG nEvxcE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 19|?.

Patented June 17', 1919.

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O'ITO C. BEID', ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BREAD-'LABELING DEVICE?.

Leoejma `To'aZZ 107mm timely Concern fBe-it" known that YI, lOr'ro C.BUELDT, `a

citizenof-theUnited States, residing in the cityfofiStfLouis andState ofMissouri, have invented V 'a' new l and useful Bread-Labeling Device, of4which the-following isy a` specifiself while passingthrough theloaf-melder,

'thus vobviati-ng the necessity ofthe expensive method of lfiand.v

loaves of breadby A "Briefly-,and broadly, my`labeling device Iconsistsofaroll offlabelfs,loaf actuated label advancin,H labeling plate.

`Mylinvention relates more particularly to an attachment for loafmoldersfor placing `gummled:printed labels'upon the loaves prior 0 mechanism,falabel cutter, and a a loaf actuated plate to be arrangedin the 'bottonil of the' loaf-melder in the Lpath of travel ofi 'a loaf second, toprovide means adapted-fitov be actuatedA by the movement of' the loafAactuated plate for imparting movement to a label advancing mechanisme;third, tofprov'ide labeling plates in'thefloafmolder in 'the path. of'travel of 'a loaf; fourth, to

'providemeans Aforiguidingthe printed gummed labels from a' feed roll"to the label- 'ing platesg'fifth, tofprovid'e'floaf actuatedrlabelladvancing means gfand sixth, to pro- .videmeans for returning"thefloaf actuated .having .been` Vdepressed by means of a passing loaf.'A i With the above and 'other objectsI in view, Vmy invention consistsinthe novel arrange? more fullydescribed hereinafter; and finally`pointed outtgin" the claims i hereto 'appended llReferring4 tf theaccompanyigig drawings 'forming alfpz'trt-` f this sp ec'ification`wherein lilief character's rofl 'reference' 'denote si-'milfa'ripartslthrbughout the several' views,I :L f"

Figure :1, 's a sectional view Aof the lower` portiongofra lc` afmolder`with my labeling f Fig., 2', isaplanviewrofxthe loaf-molder vSpec-ication'of Letters Patent.

Applicationjnlea February 9, 1917. serial NQ. 147,549.

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and labeling device with `the loaf-molder roller removed, and thelabeling device mostly shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3,L isa detail of the label guiding means and thelabel cutter. tReferring to `the drawings, the reference character .1, designates thebottom wall of a standard loaf-melder; 2,113, loaf-molder roller; andV3, the space or channel between Athe `bottom plate 1 oftheloaf-molderandthe peripheryof. the roller through which a loaf is `adapted to roll inpassingthrough `the molder.

Tnv carrying out the laim ofmy invention,

Ijprovide the bottom 1 of a loaf-molder with a suitable `opening orcut-away portion e.

A: depressible loaf actuated plate,- 5 is adapted to 'be arranged' inthe` `opening e. The platee is preferably somewhatless in size thantheopening 4 so as to permit flour to fall between the edges of .plate 5and "opening 4 insteadv of clogging, as would be .the case if it couldnot easily pass between the twole'lements. The plateA 5 is preferablyprovided with an inclined upper surface G which, if; found desirable,may be slightly 'Toughened or serrated. `vThe Iinclined surfacef litwillbe observedgrows higher tojward the rea-ref the `loaf-melder, andthe hereinafter. "if Y The depressibleplate 5 is guided and held'in-lproper position "by means`=of a pair or morevof supporting legs 7,and the upper endoffeach leg 7 isfxedto theplate. The legs 7 eachpreferably pass th`rough a pair of 'balllbearing` holders 8,*fwhichholders are carried by means of `lvthe cross-piece 9 and the armslO ofeach supporting bracket 11. Each suppprting bracketll is suitably fixedAto `the bottomwall 1 ofthe loaf-molder. The lower end 'ef each leg`r'vis connected by means of a cross-bar, or itsequivalent, 12. Asuitable spring-means 13 is connected at its up- 'per end to thecross-bar 9, and at its lower `end to the cross-bar `l2 for-the purposeof normally holding the loaf actuated plate 5 fin its uppermost positionand' for returning sprocket is rotatably mountedV in a suitable bearing18.

Arranged at a suitable location adjacent the bottom l of the loaf-molderis a shaft 19 supported at each end by means of suitfeed roll of gummedand printed labels `mounted upona bearing 24:.

The gummed labels 23 are adapted to pass between a preferably serrateddriven roller 25 Aand `an idler 26, thenthrough a guide means 27 to apreferablyinetallic labeling plate 28, which plate is arranged uponl theVbottom 1 ofl the loaf-molder and within the loaf passage 3 slightly inadvance of the loaf actuated plate 5. The label-guide 27 supported bymeans of the suitable supports 29, and the roller 26 is preferablysupported by means of the label-guide 27. The roller 25 is fixed to theshaft 19, `and the labels are adapted to pass between the rollers25 and26 with the gummed side up. A y

j An elastic label-cutter 30 is secured ,to a suitable holder 31 `and isadapted to pass into the loafpassage 3. `The inner extremity of thecutter 30 is provided with a suitable lmife-edge 32 adapted, when,depressed by a loaf rolling-over `the same, to severthe label lyingupon the labeling plate 28 from the next label of the roll attachedthereto. As the loaf A grolls over the label in passing through theloafemolder, the loaf, due to its expansive force and moist periphery,causes the label to stick to the loaf, and as the loaf depresses theplate 5 by rolling over it, it actuates the [mechanism for advancing theVpeut label for the following loaf, as is mani'- est., i For convenienceI have described only one set of rollers 25 and 26, one label-guide 27one labeling plate 28, and one label-cutter 30, but by referring to Fig.2' of the drawings, it will be observed that two `sets are illustratedshowing that two labels may be. applied to ra loaf at the same time.More than two labels `can be applied, as is manifest.

The reference` character 33 designates electric conductors leading tothe labeling plates 28 for the purpose of heating the plates 28 kin`co-ld weather, thus causing the labels to more readily adhere to thepassing loaves A.

The operation ofthe device, is as follows, assuming that a label 28 isalready in position upon the labeling plate 28:

The loaf A as it rolls in the direotionof thev arrow shown in Fig. 1,due to theI revolving movement of the roll 2, first passes over thecutter 30 causing the knife-,edge 32 to sever alabehLThis label Aadherestothe pe riphery o-f the loaf as it passes over the label. As 'theloaflrollson `it comes upon a depresslble plate` having an inclinedupper surface causing the plate 5 to be depressed as the loaf rolls overit. The depressing movement ofthe plate 5 imparts rotary movementto` asprocket 17 by means of a connecting link 15,

'which sprocket through the means of the chain 22 impartsmovementtothesprocket 21 and rollers25 and -216'causing the v11e/Xt label- 23 toadvancepto a position uponjthe labeling plate 28 ready to be severed bythe cutter and :applied tog the `next-,passing loaf. y

l. From the foregoing description will be observed that I have providedan automatic loaf-actuated mechanism for"labeling loaves passino`through a loafemolder.- It will-be reinem? ered that eachloaf labels:itself as dit passes through the molder.

The V,many advantages of the herein der scrbd device `willreadilysu'ggest themselves to those skilled in the `art to 'whichfitappertains. i Y s Y i It will jbe understood that variouschanges may bemade in the Vdetails of construction within the scope of the appendedclaims, and

therefore 'I do not wish to limit or beilimited tothe precise detailsshown and-"described,

vbut wish it to be distinctlyunderstofod that any modified or equivalentconstructions are simply modifications of my labelngdevice, and suchmodifications as come under the scope of this specification` and theappended claims, YI consider within the spiritfof--my invention. l, i. f

What I claimgis: y Y 1 1. A labeling device for loaf imolders comprisinga loaf actuated plate` arranged in an opening in the bottom ofV amolderv in such a .manner` that the plate may be depressed by' Athe loafrolling over the same, means for returning the plate to its uppermostposition after the loaf has passed overthe same, label advancingmechanism, `means actu-'atedlbr Ythe loaf actuated plate foractu-atingfsaid label advancing mechanism, label y .mea-ns, andV label icutting means i adapted to ilo be actuated by .a loaf rolling overA thesame.

Y 2.` A labeling device for loa-f molders` comprising a loaf actuatedplate arrangedin an opening in the bottom of a molder-ins-uch a mannerthat the plate may be depressed by a lloaf rolling over the plate, meansfor returning the plate to its uppermost posiL tion -afterya loaf haspassedover theplate,

.label advancing mechanism forbringing a label into the` path of travelof a'aloaf for application thereto by the loaf rolling over the label,vmeans for actuating saidnlabel advancing mechanism, and a loaf actuated`means for cutting the labels from a. roll adapted to 'be supportedadjacentthe label lng, applied to aloaf rollinglover the same.

advancing mechanism prior to V:the label be- 3. A labeling device forloaf molders comprising a loaf actuated plate arranged in an opening inthe bottomof a molder in such a manner that it may (be ,depressed by aloaf rolling over the plate, means for returning the plate to itsuppermost position after a loaf has passed over the plate, label feedrolls, a label guide through which the labels are adapted to pass intothe path of travel of a loaf, label cutting means adapted to be actuatedby a loaf rolling over the same, and means 4actuated by the loafactuated plate for revolving the lalbel feed rolls for advancing thelabels one at a time for application to a loaf.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to the speoioation.

OTTO C. BUELDT.

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